Introduction: For nurses and other health professionals the obligation to notify social services about child abuse is a problem of complex nature given the difficulty of identifying child abuse. Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the child health care nurses´ experiences of dialogues with guardians of children at risk, with focus on the relationship. Method: The data consist of interviews

Air pollution has increasingly been the focus of management and policy efforts since the early 1950s. Networks of monitoring stations for data to inform, create, focus, assess and improve air pollution management and policy. However, monitoring systems can become disconnected from air quality management and policy without analysis and interpretation to bridge the divide. This thesis develops a met

The desire to know what the future might bring has always been part of the human nature and as human beings, we have extrapolated that desire to most aspects of our surroundings. Energy is a basic need for human development, and thus, energy deployment has not been exempt from that desire. Nowadays, energy models have become a standard tool to assess many areas of the energy sector, including proj

The market uptake of solid-state lighting (SSL) is slow, even though it has many advantages and could deliver a variety of benefits to the society. The public sector is a large actor in the lighting market and could play an important role in accelerating SSL market penetration. Nevertheless, it faces many challenges to adopt SSL. Therefore, the main purpose of this research is to provide a better

Poor water quality and lack of access to improved water services continue to be problems in developing countries such as Peru, with a stronger vulnerability in rural communities. Aiming to enhance practical knowledge through a case study in the rural community of Cuncani, this thesis explores why this community has not been able to obtain a sustainable and safe water supply and how a water solutio

The development of clean technology (cleantech) is necessary in order to address many prominent environmental challenges. However, financing can be a hurdle for the development of cleantech companies. Venture capital (VC) plays an important role in cleantech development. While the four large Nordic countries are regarded as performing well in terms of cleantech innovation there are signs that VC i

The end of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in the present year marked a scenario to evaluate the achievement made among nations. However the success of implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is not equal as well the information available on the subject depens on the country. The aim of the thesis is to deliver a current status and recommendations for impr

Climate change are starting to receive more attention, even so, transport sector is responsible for approximately 20% of energy related GHG emission, which still has increasing trend. Solutions based on using information and communication technologies are started to be used for reducing anthropogenic GHG emissions and replacing business related travels. Meetings that is held by using ICT, can save

Coastal areas throughout the world are vulnerable to the effects of a changing climate. The warming of the world’s oceans, and the consequent rise in sea levels, will result in more severe coastal flooding, in accelerated erosion, and in the increased occurrence of extreme weather events. The large proportion of the world’s population who reside within close proximity of the coast will face seriou

Nanoparticles (NPs) are the particles between 1 and 100 nm. They are widely used in the medical field as delivery vehicles, therapeutics and contrast agents in cancer diagnosis and treatment. There are different types of NPs divided according to the source of used materials. The agglomeration of NPs can be prevented by adding different polymers to their surfaces. The optical properties of gold nan

Ny teknik på företaget Maersk Oil har möjliggjort en effektivare avbildning av den ytnära berggrunden som tidigare förblivit dolda. Denna nya metod leder förhoppningsvis till en mer säker kartläggning av geologiska risker. Ett viktigt framsteg där både liv och miljö kan sparas. Tänk dig en exploderande oljerigg, orsakat av att någon ovetandes borrat rakt in i en gasficka i den ytnära berggrunden.The main objective of this master's thesis is to evaluate a new processing method for extracting seismic conventional 3D streamer deep target data for shallow subsurface imaging. Deep target acquisitions have greater potential than it's conventional use. The aim of these acquisitions is to discover natural resources, in particular oil and gas, at several kilometres of depth. Before drillin

The main findings of this study are that the likelihood of achieving a successful exit increases if the investing firm is private and if the geographical distance between investing firm and investee is limited. Furthermore, it is possible to conclude that the Swedish Venture Capital industry share several features with international counterparts, although the importance of the IPO for the overall

Bakgrund: Antalet äldre personer beräknas öka i framtiden och då ställs även ökade krav på hälso-och sjukvårdspersonal att kunna bemöta och handla hälsofrämjande mot dessa äldre personer. Tidigare forskning visar att det är viktigt att förstå de äldres behov av vad som bidrar till hälsa för att kunna planera förebyggande insatser på bästa sätt. De som har störst nytta av förebyggande insatser är d

For the juice package to protect and keep your juice fresh it is important that the different layers in the packaging material sticks very well together. The ability for two things to stick together is called adhesion. For the people that create juice packages, this is important to measure so that the packages don’t leak. This measurement has turned out to be very tricky, but this study has shown

Gamla träd är viktiga för många organismer och bevarandet av dessa är en viktig åtgärd inom naturvården. De senaste årens många trädsjukdomar har minskat antalet gamla träd i våra kulturmiljöer, något som har en negativ inverkan på den biologiska mångfalden. Bristen på lämpliga habitat är speciellt förödande för vedlevande insekter och många av dessa arter är idag rödlistade. 2006 genomfördes en

Vad gömmer sig i Kronoskogen? Utanför Ängelholm ligger ett av Sveriges ovanliga kustdynlandskap med historiska, geologiska och biologiska värden, skapade av både människa och natur. Av det tidigare fredade området är det idag endast en mindre del närmast havet som är naturreservat och därmed väldokumenterat, medan kunskapen är begränsad om vad skogsområdet längre inåt land innehåller. Vilka natur

Unga unnas undervisning utomhus Andreassons äng är ett tätortsnära naturområde i centrala Perstorp, Skåne. Perstorps kommun arbetar just nu med att utveckla och restaurera Andreassons äng. Förhoppningen är att området ska bli en populär och vacker plats där kommuninvånarna ska tycka om att spendera tid. Mitt bidrag till utvecklingen blev att skriva en lärarhandledning för grundskolan så att lärarThis is the report of an inventory and assessment of the natural values of Andreassons meadow. Andreassons meadow is located in central Perstorp, which lies in Skåne, southern Sweden. The inventory of the natural values in done according to the not yet published standard from Swedish standard institute. The result of the inventory classifies Andreassons meadow to class of natural value 2 – subst

Prästängen is a nature reserve that has been used for hay-making since the 1600th century, but more irregularly the last 100 years. Today most of the area is more like a forest. An inventory of five different parts of the area shows that the field layer is more widespread and has more species in the area were the trees have the largest distance to each other. In that part the trees also have the l

Under de senaste åren har det politiska intresset av en satsning på inhemska energiråvaror samt ett minskat utsläpp av växthusgaser ökat i Sverige. Genom dessa intressen anses torv kunna ha en betydelse i omställningen mot ett mer uthålligt svenskt energisystem. I takt med att torvens värde som energikälla uppmärksammats har även de myrområden som hyser detta lager av ofullständigt nedbrutna växtd

Linnebjer is a nature reserve located about 5 km north-east of Lund. It’s mainly comprised of a mixed oak forest with large quantities of hazel. My aim with this project was to describe the tree and shrub layer of the forest and discuss forest management, taking into consideration aspects such as habitat requirements of different organisms, recreational purposes and cultural significance of the ar